Cigar-container.



W. D. SHARPE.

CIGAR CONTAINER. APPLICATION nun JULY 19, 1911.

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WILLIAM D. SHAR PE, OF BELLEVUE BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNON 'IO PITTS- BURGH STOGIE AND CIGAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION OF PENNSYLVANIA,

CIGAR-CONTAINER.

v Specification of ietters Patent.

Application filed July 19, 1911. Serial No. 639,334.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I,- WILLIAM D. 'SHARPE, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough of Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Containers, of which the following is a specification.

'My invention consists in a new and improved container for cigars.

Generally-speaking, it consists of a sack or inclosure, preferably made of transparent gelatin paper, which, while exposing the cigar,- or cigars, to.view, p'rotects them from dust and prevents their drying out. A stiffener, such'as a strip of stiff cardboard is placed in the inclosure with the cigars to protect. them against breakingor crushing. A thread oi-string secured to the inner face of the material of the container runs protrudes so that it may be seized and pulled sever the upper portion of the container which may then be lifted ofl' for access to its contents. Thereafterthe container forms a convenient pocket cigar case for carrying the cigarspsafely until they are consumed. The exposed face of the cardboard stiffener is a 30 convenient location for the display of advertising matter, the trade mark or the name of the manufacturer. o

My invention is especially useful in marketing cigars in original packages, wherein 'E they are kept sanitary and moist until used The cigars.- remain, in-

by the consumer. closed and are not handled by the dealer or by purchasers in selecting a cigar" from the box, but are protected by the container until the latter is opened by the consumer himself.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of my loaded containers as the same is handed to the-con sumer'; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the same' after. the top has been severed. and'removed, exposing'the contents, and. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the container before the top is severed.

' are secured together around the same and 11 represent two cigars, and 2 is a strip of cardboard orother stifi" material of substantially the same length and width as the cigars 1 1. Surrounding and i'nclosing said cigars 11 and stiffener'Q is a covering or inclosure 3 of gelatin paper or other transparent material whose lateral edges overlap. at the rear of the package, as shown in Fig. 2,.and whose ends are folded as shown in Fig. 4. The folds and overlapping edge-s by suitable paste but the paper 3 is preferably unattached to the stiffener 2. Pasted or otherwise secured circumferentially to the inner surface of the paper 3 is athread or end protruding between the overlapping edges at the rear of the container.- This thread may be attached to the paper before it is folded up about the cigars. The thread 4: is preferably located a little below the head of the cigars.

-The'cigars are packed by the manufacturer in the container, one or more to the container, as desired, and the consumer seizes the protruding end. of the thread 4 and draws it sharply around in-the direction of the arrow 0. in Fig. 2, thus cutting the paper 3 along the line of-said thread and severing the upper portion of the container, which portion may then be lifted off and the cigars kept in the open ended case thus formed until consumed.

It is evident that my container is a convenient and advantageous method of retailing' cigars and tobies in a sanitary and moist state without adding'to the cost of marketing to any considerable degree. It also enables the consumer to carry them safely in his pocket without danger of crushing or breaking.- What I desire to claim is A container for cigars, airproof carton, of transparent material, having its lateral edges overla ping and pasted togetherand its ends olded and pasted together,- a cord pasted circumferentially to the inner face of said carton,

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. consisting of an toward one end thereof, one end of said Signed at Pittsburgh,-Pa., this 17th day solid grotiuding exteriorlylof sfaig carton, of July, 1911. y l

w ere y't e top. portion, on y, o t e carton may be removed, without destroying the WILLIAM SHARPE' -& utility of; the carton as a holder for olgars, 'Witnessesi. v

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